Gary Jennejohn wrote: > On Fri, 15 Jun 2007 19:53:02 +0200 > Pascal Hofstee <caelian_at_gmail.com> wrote: > >> Sometime during the last week i have started to encounter trouble with >> my system locking up trying to switch from X to console, but only when >> using the nvidia-driver kernel module. Using the plain "nv" driver >> works without any problems ... When the lock up happens the system >> seems to no longer respond to keyboard input etc. (haven't been able >> to confirm wether or not remote access is still possible). >> >> Is anybody else experiencing similar problems out there ... this has >> used to work for months without problems ... i made sure to force a >> reinstall of the nvidia-driver port on every new kernel install but >> that just doesn't seem to solve the problem either. >> > > I've seen this also. It's a panic due to a NULL-pointer dereference > someplace in the nvidia-driver. I suspect that it's related to the > recent locking/mutex/whatever changes but can't prove it. All the > crash dumps which I have are corrupted so I can't do a backtrace :-( > > The bug seems to be in the binary blob part of the driver, which means > we have to wait for Nvidia to get around to fixing it. > > BTW I tried _all_ versions of the driver and every one of them > exhibits this problem. > > I'm now using an old Matrox card via VGA (lost my DVI). I'm using: trouble% pkg_info|grep nvidia nvidia-driver-1.0.9631_5 NVidia graphics card binary drivers for hardware OpenGL ren w/o obvious issues on: nvidia0_at_pci1:0:0: class=0x030000 card=0x019010de chip=0x018a10de rev=0xa2 hdr=0x00 vendor = 'Nvidia Corp' device = 'Quadro NVS with AGP 8X [NV18GL.2]' class = display subclass = VGA HEAD is: trouble% uname -a FreeBSD trouble.errno.com 7.0-CURRENT FreeBSD 7.0-CURRENT #2: Sat Jun 2 21:33:05 PDT 2007 sam_at_stubby.errno.com:/usr/src/sys/i386/compile/STUBBY i386 I do not "switch from X to console". SamReceived on Fri Jun 15 2007 - 17:32:20 UTC
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